Contour pressing boards



Jan. 18, 1966 J. E. KROENKE 3,229,393

CONTOUR PRESSING BOARDS Filed Sept. 25, 1963 a INVENTOR.

JUNE EUDOE Xeaavxe WWW A fraE/VEY United States Patent 3,229,393 CONTOUR PRESSING BOARDS June E. Kroenke, 509 Oakwood Drive, Hartland, Wis. Filed Sept. 25, 1963, Ser. No. 311,569 3 Claims. {CL 38-135) This invention relates to improvements in contour pressing forms, and more particularly to a novel contour pressing form which is an improvement over the invention presented in my patent applicent bearing the Ser. No. 190,447, filed Apr. 26, 1962 now Patent No. 3,155,845.

An object of the invention is to provide a composite pressing form which may be folded into a compact assembly.

Other and further objects of the invention will appear as the description proceeds, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which:

FIG. 1 is a view in prospective from above of a contour pressing form embodying the invention.

FIG. 2 is an other view in prospective of same.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the pressing form in folded arrangement.

FIG. 4 is an end view in elevation of the same.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the numeral refers to a base member having a straight edge at one side 11 and a curvate edge opposed thereto at 12 with a rounded end at 13 and a relatively smaller round at 14 and pointed tapered portion at 15.

A rectangular block 16 is afiixed to said base member and is connected by the hinge 17 to the anvil shaped plate 18. A member 19 having the rounded end 20 is pivoted on the rod element 21 which latter has one end 22 embedded in the base 10, and the other end 23 embedded in the block 16. A spring pressed detent 24 in the member 19 is received in a socket 25 attached to the plate 18 to fix said member 19 at right angles to the base 10. The spring 24a presses detent 24 downwardly against stop shoulder 24!).

The anvil shaped plate 18 has the curvate end at 26, the concave portion at 27 and the straight edge at 28, terminating in a point 29.

The device may be folded by turning the element 19 down against the base 10 and folding the plate 18 down thereover to form a flat compact assembly.

It will be understood that the device is capable of many modifications in structure and design, without departing from the spirit of the invention, Within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed and desired to be secured by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

1. A contour pressing board assembly including a base member, a straight edge along one side thereof, a block 0 attached to and flush with said edge on one face thereof,

an anvil shaped member, means hinging said anvil shaped member to said block, a rod element imbedded in said block and said base and spaced in parallel relationship with said base for the greater portion of its length, and an auxiliary element, means pivotally mounting said auxiliary element on said rod to fold said auxiliary element flat against said base.

2. A contour pressing board including a base, a plate of anvil form, means hinging said anvil shaped member thereto, and a relatively small round-ended angularly disposed element, means hinging said angularly disposed element to said base with the axis of its pivot at right angles to the axis of the hinge carrying said anvil form plate, whereby the anvil form plate and the angularly disposed element may be folded into parallel relation with said base.

3. The structure as in claim 2, including a spring detent means on a portion of said angularly disposed ele ment adjacent the anvil formed plate, and a socket on the latter adapted to receive said detent and fix said parts when in an unfolded use position.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 181,034 8/1876 Bryant 38l35 507,847 10/1893 Ring 38-136 FOREIGN PATENTS 192,558 11/1937 Switzerland.

JORDAN FRANKLIN, Primary Examiner. 

1. A CONTOUR PRESSING BOARD ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A BASE MEMBER, A STRAIGHT EDGE ALONG ONE SIDE THEREOF, A BLOCK ATTACHED TO AND FLUSH WITH SAID EDGE ON ONE FACE THEREOF, AN ANVIL SHAPED MEMBER, MEANS HINGING SAID ANVIL SHAPED MEMBER TO SAID BLOCK, A ROD ELEMENT IMBEDDED IN SAID BLOCK AND SAID BASE AND SPACED IN PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID BASE FOR THE GREATER PORTION OF ITS LENGTH, AND AN AUXILIARY ELEMENT, MEANS PIVOTALLY MOUNTING SAID AUXILIARY ELEMENT ON SAID ROD TO FOLD SAID AUXILIARY ELEMENT FLAT AGAINST SAID BASE. 